Operazione diabolica

Titolo originale: Seconds
Regia: John Frankenheimer |
Anno: 1966
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Fantascienza Thriller Horror
Tag: plastic surgery | black and white |
Cast: Rock Hudson | Salome Jens | John Randolph | Will Geer | Jeff Corey | Richard Anderson | Murray Hamilton | Karl Swenson | Khigh Dhiegh | Frances Reid | Wesley Addy | John Lawrence | Elisabeth Fraser | Dodie Heath | Robert Brubaker | Jane Wald | Dorothy Morris | Frank Campanella | Barbara Werle | Edgar Stehli | Aaron Magidow | De De Young | Françoise Ruggieri | Thom Conroy | Nedrick Young | Kirk Duncan | William Wintersole | Paul Kent | Rudy Germane | Stuart Hall |

Tony, un ricco uomo d'affari profondamente deluso dalla propria vita, viene circuito da una potente organizzazione che - in cambio di un generoso lascito - gli propone la trasformazione della sua personalità. Tony diventa così un pittore bellissimo e perfettamente inserito nel contesto californiano degli "artisti" e delle "modelle". Ben presto, però, tornano i fantasmi del passato...

Errori

Aside from the fact that it would have robbed actor Rock Hudson of his big berserk scene and cleared [...] D
In the final scene, a cranial drill would leave a suspicious hole in his scalp and cranium that woul [...] D
Early in the film, when the man with the note follows Arthur through the railway station, the shadow [...] D
When Tony is turned round to face the mirrors after having his bandages removed, part of the camera [...] D
When Tony is on the gurney with the gag in his mouth, as he is trashing about, the knot in the surgi [...] D
On the train, Hamilton begins to work crossword puzzle that appears in the first section of a major [...] D
Davalo's hand on the tape recorder disappears between shots. D
When Tony is on the airplane on his way to Malibu he is offered a pillow which he places behind his [...] D
Nora runs towards the ocean, and the tide splashes at her below the knees. In the very next shot, wh [...] D
Overlooking the extreme unlikelihood of someone being ordained as a Catholic priest, a Protestant mi [...] D
When Tony Wilson first sees his new home, a shadow of the camera/other equipment is visible on the w [...] D
When Tony is being shown the blackmail film that is calculated to get him to cooperate, the blackmai [...] D
The shadow of the boom can be seen in the upper right hand corner of the screen just before The Old [...] D
When Tony is on the airplane on his way to Malibu the "clouds" outside the window move from right to [...] D
Cameraman briefly visible during the grape stomping scene. D
Tony thrashes and screams wildly after having the gag ball and restraints applied, yet as he's wheel [...] D
The number on the note Hamilton is given is 34 Lafayette Street. However, the actual establishment h [...] D
At the beginning, when Arthur Hamilton is on the train, he gets his newspaper and starts doing cross [...] D
At 1:47:09 Nora undresses to jump into the wine vat. As her dress comes off she is topless beneath i [...] D
Wilson is offered sandwiches when he arrives at the Company office, but is later served a plate of c [...] D
At one point Hamilton/Wilson claims he was next in line for bank presidency. Highly unlikely in view [...] D
Mr. Wilson is told, at the beginning, "Take the elevator on your left," but not which floor. The ele [...] D
During the grape crushing scene, Tony Wilson's girlfriend, Nora, starts to strip-off. Her dress is u [...] D
At the cocktail party the amount of ash hanging from Wilson's cigarette varies inconsistently betwee [...] D
In the grape crushing scene, Nora spills wine on the back of Tony's shirt. The next time we see Tony [...] D